Category Archives: CHRISTIANITY

[First posted 2012.  Continuing “What did Paul Achieve,” Chapter 5 of Charles Freeman’s A New History of Early Christianity; condensed and slightly edited. Please get a copy of the book for your library. —Admin1].   ————————   When he was on one of his visits to Corinth, Paul wrote his Letter to the Romans.  (It is recorded as having […]

“Superstar” – Confessions of an Idolater

[We are into the Resurrection Season so here’s a resurrected post from t 2012, reposted every Holy Week celebration.  You’ll understand why.—Admin1.] ——————————–   JCS – “Jesus Christ Superstar”   Andrew Lloyd Webber is such a musical genius whose contribution to musical theater includes Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and two biblically-based musicals […]

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Paul 5 – Conflict with the Jews, and emerging Pauline theology

[First posted 2012.  Continuing “What did Paul Achieve,” Chapter 5 of Charles Freeman’s A New History of Early Christianity; condensed and slightly edited. Please get a copy of the book for your library.–Admin1.]   ————————   Corinth may have been the first city where Paul had an opportunity to preach over an extended period. (Acts suggests that he was […]

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Paul 2 – From Saul to Paul, from historic Jesus to cosmic Christ

[First posted in 2012; revived on the occasion of Christianity’s lenten season.  This picks up from  “What did Paul Achieve,” Chapter 5 of Charles Freeman’s A New History of Early Christianity; condensed and slightly edited. We highly recommend this book for the   library of all serious students of religion, particularly the Christian religion.–Admin1.].   ——————-   Paul first […]

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The WAY of SALVATION in TNK – 2: "The Fundamental Flaw of Christianity"

[This is one of the timely resurrections from articles first posted in year 2012 when we started this website.    James Tabor [Restoring Abrahamic Faith] gives his analysis of where Christianity deviates from the foundational teachings of the Hebrew Scriptures.   Chapter 5 is titled “Turning to God” —a fitting finale to his thesis on returning to the […]

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